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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fladian" data-source="post: 125339" data-attributes="member: 5833">So? Aside from playing football/soccer from time to time (last year at least) I am not... uh... decent in any other sport (though it's hard to say I did any other sport; especially basketball, considering my length) nor have I any interest in any. Reminds me a bit of my mother and myself when I was young. My mother doesn't care about any kind of sport (unlike when she was young) and only watches a sport on tv when either my father or me tuned in on it. She often falls asleep during the game though, but considering her extremely bad condition, it is remarkable enough that she stays awake as long as she does. Before I was born, she cared little to nothing about football, in opposite of my father who always has been a football fan, unlike myself or my brother. She will never forget the torment that she was draged away from the TV when the football World Cup was on and Holland played Belgium, as I recall. I've heard her mention that to me over and over again. I was born during that game. Ironically enough, neither she or I can recall the final result of that game. My original interest of football came because of the football European Cup (EC) and the mood that was made in the entire country. Holland always had a strong squad and always had a chance on winning the title - not that they ever did - and that made just about everyone in a great mood, especially on days when they actually play. I love that positive mood and still do. I didn't have much interest in the game itself though. But it's impossible to deny that football is by FAR the most popular sport out here (hockey being next, and I don't have a clue what's third). Back at elementery school, people always would come up to me and ask what club I supported, the most common reactions being Ajax (Dutch champions from the capital), Feyenoord (Ajax's rivals from the Harbor city, Rotterdam) and the local club. Out of pure annoyance I remember saying Fortuna (Sittard, quite far from where I live, not to mention a relatively unknown club. Currently the weakest of ALL professional teams out here) and I loved the reactions of others. Because I honestly didn't know much about Fortuna (or any other team for that matter), my opinion later switched to a team that was a little more known, but not enough to let people ask. I remember choosing between Willem II (Tilburg), Roda JC (Kerkrade), FC Groningen (Groningen) and SC Heerenveen (Heerenveen). Not knowing any of them anyway, I decided to pick on the colors. Willem II being Red/White, Roda JC being Yellow/Black, FC Groningen being Green/White and SC Heerenveen being Blue/White. I went for the Blue/White, which looked nicest on the eyes, in my opinion.  Several years later I decided to do a little bit of research into the club I was supposed to support. I read a bit about their history and immediately got interested in Fryslan's legend, Abe Lenstra. A talented man in every sport that contained a ball... and skating as only exception, being great in that too. Because of Abe, I got interested in the club and tried to find out more about it, learning that the general supporters are people I am interested in doing business with and their mentallity was something I loved as well. In opposite of their rival club, SC Cambuur Leeuwarden (Leeuwarden), the club from a mere village, SC Heerenveen, kept the reputation of Fryslan standing. Since that day forward, I have been a loyal supporter of SC Heerenveen (the SC standing for 'Sport Club'). I rarely watch a game in the stadium because of the insanely long travel times by train (and bad connections), but I like it there. I am no Frisian, but I feel like I understand their way of life. Don't say that too loud. I've had gym class for more than eleven years as I recall, but when I got in College, it all stopped. The day I graduated from high school was the time my friends and I started to organize our little come-togethers to play. The first time we did it was bad enough as it was, but it only became worse. Then I remind myself... I'm going to stand, jump and dance for ten hours straight next year at a certain specific date again during a concert in Amsterdam. I really have to work on my condition before going there... (you're safe to say that I was better off dead when I came home from that concert; I've never been that tired (physically) in my entire life)</blockquote>

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